1897.] WEST-INDI,UT MICRO-IiEPIDOPTEBA. 93 



92. Blastobasis teiangttlaris, sp. n. 



A^itennce pale fawn-ochreous. Palpi darlt fuscous, the tips of the 

 joints paler. Head cinereous ; face slightly ochreous. Thorax 

 dusky cinereous. Fo7-e wings dusky cinereous ; the costa narrowly 

 suhochreous throughout, the usual three spots almost obscured by 

 the dusky ground-colour, but traceable in the ordinary positions — 

 the first before and slightly above the middle, the other two corre- 

 sponding to the apical and tornal angles of the cell (there is a slight 

 sprinkling of scattered subochreous scales over the wing-surface in 

 a bred specimen) ; cilia cinereous, with a slight ochreous tinge. 

 Exp. al. 10-12 mm. Hind ivings thinly scaled between the upper 

 veins in the 6 ; brownish fuscous, with a faint purplish gloss ; 

 cilia inclining to ochreous. Abdomen brownish fuscous ; anal 

 tuft ochreous. Legs cinereous ; hind tarsal joints iuclining to 

 ochreous. 



Type, (S Mus. Hedemann ; 2 Mus. Gudmann. 



Hab. West Indies — St. Thomas, 11 III.-15 IV. (Gudmann, 

 Hedemann). Two specimens. 



Bred by Baron von Hedemann from a black larva feeding on a 

 low plant which was not identified. 



The 2 has the hind wings much paler and less marked, and of 

 a greyer tinge ; the anal tuft is ochreous, as in the d . 



93. Blastobasis gracilis, sp. n. 



Antennce and 2^<^h^^ bone-colour, the latter shghtly shaded ex- 

 ternally. Head and thorax bone-colour. Fore wings bone-colour, 

 with a slight vinous tinge, sparsely sprinkled and mottled with 

 pale brownish fuscous ; the usual three dots are fairly conspicuous, 

 but the first of these, scarcely before the middle, is preceded by a 

 slight indication of another spot immediately above the middle of 

 the fold ; the termen shows a very faint indication of a broken 

 fuscous line ; cilia bone-grey. Ex]}. al. 11 mm. Hind ivings 

 shining pale bone-grey ; ciUa with a slight vinous gloss. Abdomen 

 bone-grey ; anal tuft bone-colour. Legs pale cinereous ; hind 

 tibi39 slightly shaded externally. 



Type, cS $ Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. West Indies — Gkbkada (Balthazar, 250 ft., windward 

 side, 5-27 IV. — H. H. Smith). Four specimens. 



28. PiGKiTiA, Clem. 



94. PiGRITIA ? BIATOMELLA, Sp. H. 



Antennce stoutish, greyish ochreous, the basal joint with a thick 

 tuft of mixed black and ochreous scales beneath. Palpi fuscous, 

 sometimes ochreous at the junction of the second and terminal 

 joints, internally pale ochreous. Head ochreous, much mixed with 

 black. Fore tvings smoky at the base, pale greyish ochreous beyond, 

 more or less suffused with fuscous, with a small black dot at the 

 end of the cell, a second near the dorsum immediately below it ; 

 cilia pale greyish. Exp. al. 9 mm. Hind wings and cilia pale 



